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[Bug 1506914] Re: Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut fn+F5/F6 not working.

 

Vidvranjek, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/G550JK/HelpDesk_Download/ an
update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (205). If
you update to this following
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible, and the
information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New.
Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-205

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Screen brightness not working using keyboard shortcut fn+F5/F6 not
  working.

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  
  The fix is editing /etc/default/grub and replacing 

   GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
  with
   GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

  run $ sudo update-grub
  reboot

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Oct 16 17:27:47 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: vivid
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.19.0-30-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:11cd]
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:11cd]
  JournalErrors: Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority', 'warning'] failed with exit code 1: No journal files were found.
  MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G550JK
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=9a6cce6e-ddfb-40c7-a64c-823140602164 ro quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/11/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: G550JK.204
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: G550JK
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG550JK.204:bd08/11/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnG550JK:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnG550JK:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: G550JK
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1
  xserver.bootTime: Sat Oct 10 11:46:59 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors:
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   NOUVEAU(G0): [GLAMOR] failed to initialise EGL
   NOUVEAU(G0): Error creating GPU channel: -19
   NOUVEAU(G0): Error initialising acceleration.  Falling back to NoAccel
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                               12876 
   vendor                                     SDC
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1

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